Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (D)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 11 2019 23:00:22

WORLD OF DX

In the World of DX, Kevin, K6TOP, is operating from the British Virgin
Islands as VP2V/K6TOP until July 13. Be listening on 40 through 10 meters,
where he will operate in his spare time, using CW. QSL via LoTW, or via
NR6M.

Lukas, HB9EBT, will operate as D44TEG, from Santiago Island, Cape Verde
between the 22nd and 29th of July. Listen for Lukas on 40 metres through
10 metres, using CW. Send QSLs direct to HB9EBT.

Listen for Valery, RU6DX/P, operating from Sudjuk Island, in the Radio
Society of Great Britain's IOTA Contest on the 27th and 28th of July.
Send QSLs direct to RU6DX.
	
The OJ0DX Team will be active from Market Reef, from the 25th to the
31st of July. The team comprises DL3DXX, DJ4MF, DL5SE, SM0W, and SA0LAT.
Send QSLs to DL3DXX, also ClubLog OQRS.
	
(DX NEWS, DX WORLD)

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KICKER: HAM RADIO SIBLINGS DECLARE INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 4TH

JIM/ANCHOR: Finally, forget firecrackers. Here's a brother and sister,
who celebrated America's independence the ham radio way -- and here's
Kent Peterson, KC0DGY, with their story.

KENT: What could symbolize independence more than a balloon breaking
free of Earth's gravity, and floating high on its own? Instead of
igniting the traditional firecrackers for America's Independence Day
on July 4th, a Georgia brother and sister launched two high altitude
balloons in their home city of Cumming.

Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN, a high school sophomore, and her brother, Jack,
KM4ZIA, a sixth grader, sent up one balloon carrying a GoPro camera,
and solar-powered transmitter, that sent altitude, temperature, and GPS
details. A smaller balloon went up transmitting Audrey's call sign.

Jack told Newsline in an email he was excited to learn that his 20 metre
beacon had been heard as far away as Kentucky and Indiana. He wrote that
it was proof his beacon was working well, and how much signal it put out,
despite less than 1 watt of power. Audrey told Newsline that the larger
balloon reached 36.3 kilometres before popping -- and the transmitter
died a bit later. She wrote: {quote} "We thought all hope was lost until
we received a phone call from a very nice couple who said they had found
our balloon at New Hope Baptist Church in Ackworth, Georgia." {endquote}
She called the launch "a very rewarding and enriching experience."

The siblings had previously assisted their father, Tom, W4SDR, with his
own balloon projects. Now, they can be proud that befitting the Fourth
of July, they've shared a moment of ham radio independence.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kent Peterson, KC0DGY.

(AUDREY MCELROY KM4BUN, JACK MCELROY KM4ZIA, FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE:

With thanks to Amateur News Weekly; the ARRL; CQ Magazine; David Behar,
K7DB; DX Bulletin; DX News; Experimental Aircraft Association; Fierce
Wireless; Forsyth County News; Lou Maggio, NO2C (Enn-Oh-Two-See);
Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin; QRZ.COM; Radio Society of Great Britain;
Southgate Amateur Radio News; Space.com; Tech Crunch; Ted Randall's
QSO Radio Show; Wireless Institute of Australia; WTWW Shortwave;
Xinhuanet; and you, our listeners, that's all from the Amateur Radio
Newsline.

Please send emails to our address at newsline@arnewsline.org. More
information is available at Amateur Radio Newsline's only official
website at arnewsline.org.

For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW, in Charleston, WV,
saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.

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